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Tennessee Lawmaker Explains Why Cutting Welfare For Children Who Get Bad Grades Won't Work
The Tennessee Senate will vote Thursday on a controversial bill to reduce temporary welfare assistance to needy families if their children are not making progress in school. Its Republican...
Published on April 10, 2013Tennessee Advances Legislation That Would Tie Welfare To Children's Grades
... Assistance for Needy Families program to the educational... already ties welfare to education by mandating a 20... TANF isn’t likely to improve educational...
Published on April 01, 2013Sequestration Is Devastating Schools On America's Indian Reservations
... on education and health services on American Indian... dropout rates make education an even bigger necessity... and thus rely on federal education funds more than...
Published on March 22, 2013Only Half Of Kids Eligible For School Breakfast Program Are Receiving It
... educational attainment and their futures. But even though...
Published on February 27, 2013GOP Congressman Wants Junk Food Back In Schools: 'Kids Are Starving'
In a recent speech, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) assailed new federal regulations that improve the nutritional standards of meals served in schools. He called the new standards, which come from...
Published on September 06, 2012Report Finds Wide Racial Disparities In School Suspensions
... for Public Education, told Education Week. “We...
Published on August 08, 2012NOTE TO ROMNEY: The Federal Government Does Fund Teachers, Firefighters, And Police
Mitt Romney dismissed criticisms that he does not want to hire more teachers, firefighters, and police officers as “absurd” on Tuesday morning, telling Fox News Channel that if elected president,...
Published on June 12, 2012Anonymous Group Of Scott Walker Supporters Attacks 'Radical' Public School Teachers Who Criticized Education Cuts
... Walker’s (R) cuts to education and accusing them... to Walker’s draconian cuts to educational institutions...
Published on May 23, 2012CHART: How Income Inequality Contributes To A Growing Education Gap That Is Jeopardizing Our Middle Class
... contributed to a growing education gap that is affecting low...-income backgrounds are more likely to obtain a college education... aptitude for postsecondary education do not have the same...
Published on May 17, 2012With Education Budgets Drained, Atlanta Wants To Use Taxpayer Money To Replace A 20-Year-Old Stadium
... cuts into areas like education. The state owes local... education budget after taking cuts of $300 million...
Published on April 26, 2012Living Near A Good School Costs More Than $200,000
According to a new study from the Brookings Institution, “home values are $205,000 higher, on average, in neighborhoods with high-scoring public schools versus schools with low scores.” This pushes up...
Published on April 20, 2012Kentucky Gov. Cuts Education Funding While Preserving Tax Breaks For Biblically-Themed Amusement Park
..., including a 6.4 percent cut to a higher education system... education funding, it will result in less spending... spending per student would decline. Also, education...
Published on January 20, 2012Study: States With Higher Taxes Are Better For Children
...-pupil spending on education, higher Medicaid child...
Published on January 19, 2012Gov. Christie Proposes 'Across The Board' Tax Cut That Significantly Benefits The Wealthy
... bite out of public education in 2010, a cut so severe... gutting education, even when atwo percent tax increase... Court regarding his education cuts. He called...
Published on January 18, 2012Gov. Rick Scott's Budget Leaves Education Funding Below Pre-Recession Levels
... what he’s dubbed his “education and jobs... want their money spent on education and jobs, without.... Scott’s budget does indeed increase education funding...
Published on December 14, 2011Study: Schools Shortchange Low-Income Students By Paying Their Teachers Less
...A new study by the Education Department finds...
Published on December 01, 2011Gingrich Doubles Down On Child Labor: Poor Kids Should 'Clean The Bathroom'
... to education — cleaning bathrooms is not. Gingrich said...
Published on December 01, 2011Report: The Billions Corporations Avoided Paying In Taxes Would Have Created Over 100,000 Jobs In Education
... Education Association, $9.8 billion of the lost revenue... added over 100,000 jobs in public education... in the field of education. With that $9.8 billion, Ohio...
Published on November 17, 2011Perry Flip-Flops Back, Again Wants To Abolish Education Department
... in education, a position he has proudly touted... a role in your children’s education,” he said... government in a host of different areas. Education is one...
Published on November 16, 2011House GOP Classifies Pizza As A Vegetable To 'Prevent Overly Burdensome' School Lunch Regulations
.... As education policy analyst Theodora Chang has written...
Published on November 15, 2011
